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Macropharyngodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Macropharyngodon

Higher classification
  
Wrasse

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Labridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Macropharyngodon bipartitus, Macropharyngodon meleagris, Macropharyngodon geoffroy

Macropharyngodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Contents

2 new fish centropyge loricula macropharyngodon meleagris


Species

The 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:

Macropharyngodon Macropharyngodon ornatus

  • Macropharyngodon bipartitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Rare wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon choati J. E. Randall, 1978 (Choat's wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus J. E. Randall, 1978, 1978
  • Macropharyngodon geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Geoffroy's wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon kuiteri J. E. Randall, 1978 (Black leopard wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon marisrubri J. E. Randall, 1978
  • Macropharyngodon meleagris Valenciennes, 1839 (Blackspotted wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & K. A. Meyer, 1978
  • Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 (Yellow-spotted wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon ornatus J. E. Randall, 1978 (False leopard)
  • Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, J. T. Williams & Planes, 2014 (Pakoko wrasse)
  • Macropharyngodon vivienae J. E. Randall, 1978 (Madagascar wrasse)

    • Macropharyngodon Macropharyngodon

    Macropharyngodon The Leopards of the Reef by Henry C Schultz III Reefkeepingcom

    Macropharyngodon The Leopards of the Reef by Henry C Schultz III Reefkeepingcom

    References

    Macropharyngodon Wikipedia
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